later we will hear from the education secretary, bridget phillipson. 0f secretary, bridget phillipsonhat chancellor rachel reeves said in her speech would start pretty imminently with a pilot scheme. another big point of pressure on the education system is the recruitment and retention specifically of teachers. they made a promise to recruit thousands more teachers. there is a question about how you keep people in the profession when there are lots of warnings about working conditions and workloads. i wonder if the education secretary bridget phillipson will talk about that when she gets to her feet. i am keeping half an eye on a feed we have got from the conference hall because we are expecting that the speech from the education secretary, bridget phillipson, pretty shortly. when we get that, we will bring it to you. after that, a speech from the work and pensions secretary, liz kendall. 0f the work and pensions secretary, liz kendall. of course, under her brief, comes a decision about winter fuel payments. that support package for pensioners that the government is cutting. it will o

i'll be speaking to education secretary bridget phillipson. dean armstrong kc, one of the leading barristers in the case against mohamed al fayed , will against mohamed al fayed, will be here to share why he thinks this case is one of the most horrific he's ever seen. and on a par with jimmy savile. i'll be joined also by tory leadership hopeful robert jenrick, who sits at the top of the polls for the next leader in the opposition. but will he still be the leading man at the end of the race? don't go anywhere . don't go anywhere. >> very good evening to you. straight back to camilla in liverpool. just a few moments, but first a look at the top stories tonight and the labour conference where camilla is has wrapped up for the day today after speeches from the deputy prime minister and the foreign secretary, david lammy, opening the afternoon session, cabinet minister darren jones called for labour to hold power for five terms and to make it the natural party of government and earlier the deputy prime minister, angela rayner, declared that now is

and i'll be asking bridget phillipson some serious questions about her birthday party.r birthday party. and also rachel reeves, the chancellor, has sort of claimed that dresses that she was given were office expenses. so we need to probe. >> that is wild, because if an ordinary taxpayer tried to pull that one, they would get fined by hmrc. >> they can't claim tax. >> they can't claim tax. >> no you can't on clothing unless it's logoed. so i should maybe put the camilla tominey show on these dresses by the way, for i do pay for myself. i just want to clarify that. yes. now let's talk about a really serious and disturbing story. it's about the former harrods owner, mohamed al fayed. i mean , owner, mohamed al fayed. i mean, this is fast emerging to be a new jimmy savile. he's dead now, and that's why all of these revelations have come to light, because you can't defame the dead. it's not as if the press, by the way, weren't aware of these stories. the press kept on running them and kept on getting what we call schillings , kept on what we call schillings, kept on getting

henry, bridget phillipson told me to expect a lot of hope from the podium.is what will be new this week. i agree with laura. i'm sure there will be some new policy, and i've picked up a hint — though i haven't quite managed to land it — that keir starmer might be focusing on education in his speech as well. so let's see if there's an announcement there. but i don't think um, i don't think there'll be bundles of new policy. i do think that there will be a new kind of message, um, even before the sort of arguably chaos in the sort of government grid of this week, of all the talk about sue gray and of, um, gifts and so on. even before that, there was a bit of unease in some corners of the labour party heading into this conference, because there was a view taking hold that the party, the government, had been too gloomy. that in what everyone in the labour party believes was the necessary task of identifying the flaws in what they've inherited from the conservatives. they perhaps have gone too far in depressing people, essentially. not just the country generally,

i think bridget phillipson said.hool, there ought to be more of a mere culpa , attitude from both the culpa, attitude from both the labour party and the conservatives for the damage they did to thousands of children's futures. livelihoods by enforcing that ban. and it seems to me we still haven't got the result of the covid inquiry. i don't want this to become a covid conversation, but it seems to me, you know , there's a to me, you know, there's a complete reluctance by those who are conducting the inquiry to really ask these pertinent , really ask these pertinent, important questions about what the medium and long term impact of lockdown was . and, you know, of lockdown was. and, you know, again, i don't want to distract, but a significant part of the cost of living crisis is as a result of all the damage done to the economy during lockdowns, a significant part of the waiting list on the nhs come from the damage done to the nhs during lockdowns and because of lockdowns, not because of the virus. yeah, and we've got

and i think the keir starmer and bridget phillipson need to be going after excellence with this.rly days of this labour government. >> don't they? but it's an interesting conversation, especially homeschooling. the rise in homeschooling. i'm having a bit of a not a row with my wife, but a discussion about basically. long story short, my sweetheart boy jude, he's very good at tennis. he's for, he plays 3 or 4 times a week. i want him to have the only time slot he can have an extra lesson in the week is on a school day, and i suggested to my wife , and i suggested to my wife, let's just not send him to school for that morning. just for the morning . just for an for the morning. just for an hour or two, she said. no way. absolutely no. what? but my point is, you know, if he's got a chance of being very good at tennis, what's a morning off primary school going to do for him? >> but, anyway, i would be on i mean, homeschooling is becoming much more attractive. but the thing and i think i would probably the way the education system is at the moment, unless it changes drastically. by th

bridget phillipson at the dfe, the dfe has kept this guidance about keeping children safe.ols guidance will be too . schools guidance will be too. good and what we've done in our model policy, the point of it is to operationalise what the dfe's draft guidance will say. yes, because every bit of ambiguity gets manipulated and taken advantage of by the trans lobby. >> so you're saying you should foolproof this? >> in other words, yes . and what >> in other words, yes. and what we would like to see is that the dfe says to schools, to school leaders who are often much more sensible than school teachers because they're the ones who talk to the lawyers and the insurers and the like. we're saying to the dfe operationalise this, right, a model policy tells schools that if they follow it and they get sued because of course, there are activist parents as well. we'll stand behind you . right. and stand behind you. right. and then schools will step in line. it won't matter whether it's statutory or non—statutory. what schools want to know is to be told what to do and to be told it's le

bridget phillipson says she won't apologise for fining parents for letting their children skip schoololidays, birthdays or, she says , even a runny nose. or, she says, even a runny nose. the government's crackdown aims to tackle the growing issue as the new school year begins . the new school year begins. oasis are urging fans to be wary of counterfeit or void tickets on the secondary market. their reunion tour next year has now sold out, with the process of buying tickets lasting over ten hours. yesterday, as people eager to see the gallagher brothers complained about error messages being kicked out of queues or even being mistaken for bots on some sites . and for bots on some sites. and finally, some for weather you. the met office has extended thunderstorm warnings across a large part of the uk. now much of england and wales and scotland are now covered by that alert. that's for tomorrow and for today. two forecasters say there's a risk of flooding because of heavy showers and hail . wonderful news. those are hail. wonderful news. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'l

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i'm bridget phillipson, £14,000 for a birthday party paid for by somebody else. invite my family. it wasn't a real one. >> well, i mean, i have to say rishi sunak probably didn't have to worry too much about the price of his suit, to be perfectly honest. but, you know, we are the masters now, the hartley shawcross thing back in 1945, i remember when tony blair won in 97, he got all of us together and he said, just remember this, we are the servants now. and that was very, very important point. >> and that's the bit that starmer has has missed. it's this sense of entitlement. >> well, let's hear what he says on wednesday when he makes his speech because he's got some ground to make up. let's be honest about this. i mean, i'm a labour to my bootstraps and i will defend the labour party, usually with my dying breath. but i'm not going to pretend that you know, that this is you know, i'm doctor pangloss here. i mean, there is an issue to be faced, and i'm pretty sure that he's astute and cute enough to realise it's got to be faced head on. and i think he will do that

but the education secretary bridget phillipson has warned it'll be a significant challenge to providearents�* minds. but from this week, many here will see a difference in their weekly nursery fee. lauren will save £400 a month. works out at about £100 a week, which is a huge amount. it covers, like, a family day out. it's a meal out, it's a mortgage. so, yeah, it's a massive amount. my wife told me it was going to be about £1,500 a month. i almost choked on my cereal. jonathan is grateful for any help with the cost of childcare, but was keen to secure a spot early. in the west midlands there are fewer places available than in some parts of england. a couple of months before she was born, we were round looking at nurseries. people were saying you might not get one. there's a lot of placements going, the 15 hours, 30 hours coming in, so you may struggle to get those places. by the time the scheme fully rolls out next september, 40,000 more staff will be needed. but nurseries are finding it hard to recruit. nurseries may have the space but boils down to the staffing and especially with

secretary bridget phillipson has said that private schools have to keep bursaries going to help the most struggling families. of course, this is while simultaneously squeezing out the middle class strivers with their vat row to the labour party wants to have their cake and eat it when it comes to this policy. also, let me ask you this. what kind of country has an investment summit but does not invite the world's richest man because they don't like what he writes on social media? the uk of course i speak of elon musk. your thoughts ? on. all of that your thoughts? on. all of that and more. but first, the 6:00 news headlines . news headlines. >> good evening. i'm mark white with the latest headlines from the gb news centre. scotland yard has issued a call for any potential victims of mohamed al fayed to come forward. five women have claimed they were raped by the former harrods owner, who died last year at the age of 94. a number of others say they were sexually assaulted by him. the current managing director of harrods has apologised and said the business failed . colleagues. michael fail

so i'll be speaking to bridget phillipson about that. he thought that he was following keir starmer in on a white charger and in fact he seems to be being led by donkeys. so we'll be asking him what his constituents think of all of this scandal surrounding donors, not least when obviously there are pensioners, 10 million of them facing losing their winter fuel allowance. lots of stories in the papers as well today. and i'll be speaking to phillipson about this too, about vat being appued about this too, about vat being applied to private school fees and the effect that's going to have on special needs children on children, on bursaries. another report saying that 80,000 children may leave the private sector to go to the state sector. that will mean state sector. that will mean state classrooms will have to get bigger. so we'll be drilling into all of that and robert jenrick is channelling his inner nigel farage this morning in the sunday telegraph, talking about this idea that criminals and indeed terrorists are coming in on small boats.

about bridget phillipson ever until ten minutes ago.s just scrapping everything. she scrapped the higher education bill that people had worked on a lot and was obviously good for free speech and universities. now she's scrapping this just laboun now she's scrapping this just labour, vandalising the curriculum, but they don't want educated people. they want ideological drones. they don't want people thinking , oh, the want people thinking, oh, the empire was nuanced. how does that help labour? so of course they scrapped it. >> yeah, i think you're right. it's very wasteful, isn't it? they did all that lovely work and now it's just being ripped down and replaced with, i don't know exactly what they want. a curriculum that reflects the issues and diversities of our society , ensuring all children society, ensuring all children and young people are represented. but i don't think the i don't think what's been scrapped would have would have not done that because that was the whole point was to have a more of a nuanced look at it, which would

thickos, as bridget phillipson looks set to bow to the teaching unions. those geniuses who pushed for school closures dunng who pushed for school closures during covid by scaling back the learning of timetables and grammar in primary school? oh, and you won't want to know whether that school is good or not. good anymore. and you won't be allowed to know with the scrapping of the ofsted. one word review. one thing is clear this new government is not outstanding or adequate. in fact, it's only been a few months and i think it should be placed in special measures. look at the ham fisted foreign secretary david lammy, who burned his bridges with donald trump years ago, presumably thinking no one would be mad enough to ever make him foreign secretary. and now, with characteristically immaculate timing, he puts israel on the naughty step by stripping them of weapons licences to placate extremists in his own party. a great look at stripping israel of their weapons as they seek to prevent another. october the 7th, and in the same week as they bury six recently mu

have meant a run on the pound and — it might have meant a run on the pound and you put that to bridget phillipsonere will be no opportunity for those anxious labour mps to— opportunity for those anxious labour mps to decide whether to vote for it or not _ mps to decide whether to vote for it or not but — mps to decide whether to vote for it or not but i — mps to decide whether to vote for it or not. but i think this little row is a reminderthat or not. but i think this little row is a reminder that there are bigger rows— is a reminder that there are bigger rows ahead — is a reminder that there are bigger rows ahead on even bigger decisions on tax _ rows ahead on even bigger decisions on tax and _ rows ahead on even bigger decisions on tax and spend. sir keir starmer still relatively new to office, hasn't — still relatively new to office, hasn't even been by minister for two months. _ hasn't even been by minister for two months. and — hasn't even been by minister for two months, and yet these difficult decisions, politicaland months, and yet these difficult decisions, political and economic, loomi

thickos, as bridget phillipson looks set to bow to the teaching unions.know those geniuses who pushed for school closures dunng who pushed for school closures during covid by scaling back the learning of timetables and grammar in primary school? oh, and you won't want to know whether that school is good or not. good anymore. and you won't be allowed to know with the scrapping of the ofsted. one word review. one thing is clear this new government is not outstanding or adequate. in fact, it's only been a few months and i think it should be placed in special measures. look at the ham fisted foreign secretary david lammy, who burned his bridges with donald trump years ago, presumably thinking no one would be mad enough to ever make him foreign secretary. and now, with characteristically immaculate timing, he puts israel on the naughty step by stripping them of weapons licences to placate extremists in his own party. a great look at stripping israel of their weapons as they seek to prevent another. october the 7th, and in the same week as they bury six recentl

bridget phillipson has warned there's an absence epidemic.en and a man were discovered at a house in staines. officers say they'd had contact with the family. floral tributes have now been left outside at home while neighbours say they believe a young family with twins were living there. the met office has extended a thunderstorm warnings across a large part of the uk. england, wales and scotland are now covered with the alert for today and for tomorrow . today and for tomorrow. forecasters say there's a risk of flooding because of heavy showers and hail. great britain's ben pritchard has won the paralympic rowing gold in the paralympic rowing gold in the pr1 men's single sculls. the welshman charged to victory over the last 500m. pritchard's win in is britain's first in the division since the 2008 games in beijing. at 5:30. those are your headunes beijing. at 5:30. those are your headlines will be back in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com fo

and what else would you suggest that maybe bridget phillipson could consider?it's a step in the right direction. the only thing is before categories like that, i would i would suspect and we don't know the details, that if you were to fail, one of those sections, you might fail the leadership one as well, which you can do in an independent school. and if you're failing two out of four, at what point are you going to be forced to become an academy and come under a different management system? and i think training inspectors to be empathetic. it's not easy going through an inspection. there are people who will worry and feel anxious about this, and they've got to go in with a more collegiate and empathetic way of assessing schools and ensuring that we move forward so that we've got the best education and the safest education for our children. >> is it, though slightly hypocritical that the kids will be graded on a number or a letter, one number, one letter, yet the teachers can't take the one word? >> it's not. it's not about that. you've got to separate those tw

so it now falls to bridget phillipson to clean up the toxic mess, and she will achieve far more thaning on thejob. our nurseries, schools colleges and universities will benefit hugely from civility and continuity. so, liberal democrats will work constructively with the government to fix the foundations. already, we have seen small, positive steps. protecting btecs, reforming ofsted inspections, and ending the tories' pointless phoney war against our universities so that the government will once again champion them as powerhouses of learning and research, economic growth and soft power. applause but the cleanup requires far more than just tinkering. too much damage has been done. take our early years of sector. the expansion of free childcare hours has cross—party support, but the conservatives did nothing to prepare the ground for what was to come. there was no discussion with providers, a hopelessly unrealistic timetable, and no proper funding. the result? chaos. conference, for our early years of sector to succeed, childcare must be flexible, affordable and fair. we need to attract

health secretary wes streeting and education secretary bridget phillipson are among those who acceptedis summer. and in total, cabinet ministers get this took a whopping £9,000 worth of tickets to see taylor swift. the us superstar at wembley. and it's also emerged the prime minister's wife, lady victoria starmer, accepted two free tickets worth hundreds of pounds to see not just one but two concerts. >> well, let's get the thoughts this morning of katherine forster, our political correspondent, who joins us in the studio. and catherine, it just it's unbelievable. here we are. what 74 days after the election and the left leaning newspaper, the guardian, doing a double page spread about the prime minister's penchant for freebies . freebies. >> isn't it fascinating? isn't it fascinating ? because the it fascinating? because the right wing papers, of course, are going to go big on this. but the guardian and yes, they have done a deep dive basically into what, our new prime minister has accepted. they reckon it's over 100,000. they say that that is more freebies than any party leader in re

i'll be speaking to education secretary bridget phillipson.med al fayed , will against mohamed al fayed, will be here to share why he thinks this case is one of the most horrific he's ever seen. and on a par with jimmy savile. i'll be joined also by tory leadership hopeful robert jenrick, who sits at the top of the polls for the next leader in the opposition. but will he still be the leading man at the end of the race? don't go anywhere

i mean, there are things that we are able to welcome from bridget phillipson, the secretary of stateis government confront the reality that schools have been underfunded significantly for a significant penod significantly for a significant period of time, that we don't have enough teachers and support staff, any reforms really will just hit the sand and teachers are retiring at a rate of knots . are retiring at a rate of knots. >> and there's talk about letting some of them in the last week we heard the government talking about perhaps they can do marking from home or do prep for classes from home. isn't the real problem about why teachers are retiring. they're fed up with the way children treat them. and more, more to the point the parents are not supportive of the teachers. >> so there's a number of issues that are contributing to the recruitment and retention crisis. pay. that's been held back, workloads that are very high, but also that lack of flexibility. graduates now are entering the workforce where there is an expectation that they can do 2 or 3 days a week at home teaching

telling bridget phillipson that we need to stop testing children on times tables.wards i hate to say it, but a snowflake group of children, at the end of the day, when you look at exams, when you go off to school and college and university, it's on memory and i think it's good for them to not to be ardent about it. but to get them in the habit of memorising things which could help them in the future. so i think with this whole, you know, oh, let's stop testing children. where does it, where does it stop? what are we going to see next? oh, let's let's do away with the textbooks. oh, let's just, you know. yes, it's important children have a balanced life in terms of having enough play. but there's nothing wrong with a bit of times. table is there? surely, >> yeah . i agree with a lot of >> yeah. i agree with a lot of what you just said. i think that , what you just said. i think that, you know, life is hard and people are going to face testing and competition in their adult lives, and for that reason, children should be exposed to that as well. i also remember being

bridget phillipson, the education secretary, has said there is an absence epidemic.s also, lots of children have mental health anxiety issues, especially following the pandemic. and of course, you know, we were always taught parents are always taught every day of education is absolutely critical. but, you know, given that, then the government closed schools twice for months at a time during the pandemic. schools twice for months at a time during the pandemic . and i time during the pandemic. and i suspect that, you know, a lot of parents have been taking that that lesson, if you like. and thinking, well, hang on, if they could close the schools for months, why can't i take my child out to get it, to get a cheaper holiday, in terms of westminster mps back today, the tory leadership campaign is hotting up because, on wednesday , hotting up because, on wednesday, one of the six will be eliminated. another one will be eliminated. another one will be eliminated the week after. so this morning i will be going to leadership launches from kemi badenoch and james cleverly and

but i thought the unique horror of bridget phillipson is something that the public will have to enjoydefence, not strong defence. >> and i'll come to you, sean. do you think any of those things i've mentioned there could bring keir starmer down? >> look, the only reason those things won't bring keir starmer down or haven't yet is because of the double standard. let's be very clear, those things all need to be looked at. some will look worse than they actually are. some may break the rules. who knows . that's yet to be who knows. that's yet to be investigated. but the point is the labour party, particularly keir starmer and angela rayner, did so much finger pointing. and i've said it before and i'll say it again, imagine that was boris. or imagine that as a tory mp, they'd all be lying up writing articles saying that person's head has to roll. so why do they work to a different standard for themselves and a different standard for everybody else? and that hypocrisy , i else? and that hypocrisy, i think, will circle back and get them. >> yeah. keir starmer is apparently i was hearing the

earlier, education secretary bridget phillipson defended the pm and the plans the government have toake meaningful change. >> it feels at the minute that really a lot isn't working in our country. we are determined this week here in liverpool to talk about the change that we are delivering on that will make are delivering on that will make a difference. that will bring some hope and optimism back. but absolutely fixing the foundations of our economy , foundations of our economy, stabilising our economy is absolutely crucial because everything else has to flow from that. >> well, it could also be trouble for keir starmer elsewhere in the uk, as the snp's westminster leader, stephen flynn has said that the new pm is failing to deliver on the change. he promised scotland in the general election. he claims that despite the snp being willing to work with laboun being willing to work with labour, that sir keir is completely out of touch with scotland and the issues the country faces. this comes after the pm has already faced criticism over cuts to the winter fuel allowance, and his accepta

lawrence >> okay, so the education secretary, bridget phillipson, said earlier this year that she wasee speech act for universities. yes, but now just recently, there's been a big petition signed by hundreds of academics, including myself and more significantly, by quite a lot of nobel laureates. yes. do you think we have a chance to save this act? >> this is interesting, lawrence . >> this is interesting, lawrence. now, you say you're an academic. you've signed this this petition as well. and as you say, seven nobel laureates have signed this. and it was quite astonishing, wasn't it, because bridget phillipson just jettisoned this act, which parliament had cross—party support in parliament. people have been working on this for up to five years. it was an incredible act of political vandalism happened. she snuck it in just the day before parliament went into recess, so there couldn't be a debate in parliament about it. lawrence, do you think that this just suggests what i've suspected for a long time, which is that the labour party really not only just isn't interested in free speech,

education secretary bridget phillipson has told reporters this morning that the death of headteacheruth perry made the need for ofsted reform absolutely clear. and the prime minister says it will hold schools accountable. >> i've got a mission for our government, which is to make sure that every single child, whatever their background, wherever they come from, has the best possible education. and this move today is about driving up standards, making sure that we have a richer picture so parents can see in a more accountable way the real strength of a school and making sure we've got the improvements in to catch schools quickly. so this is all about driving up standards. and i'm really pleased that we're able to do it so quickly . so quickly. >> from today, the government will fund 15 hours per week of free childcare for eligible working parents whose children are between nine months and two years old. the 15 hours per week is in addition to an existing offer to parents of two year olds and 30 hours of free childcare, already offered to parents of children aged three and four. however

meanwhile, education secretary bridget phillipson says that she took taylor swift tickets as her daughtera fan . wow. they daughter was a fan. wow. they are literally now blaming their own children and these are the good people folks do keep up. it's also hard for starmer to argue that it's country first, party second, as he did in his speech with a raft of policies. clearly aimed at pleasing the gathered comrades rather than the wider public, taxing private schools for example, is an egregious assault on aspiration. it freezes lower income families out of the private sector and it's cultural vandalism. but of course, the party base love it. the extraordinarily stupid and self—destructive non—doms tax beloved of labour grassroots may now lose the country money, but hey, politics expensively bringing the railways back into pubuc bringing the railways back into public hands whilst public services are at breaking point, feels like an ideological indulgence. scrapping the one word ofsted assessments is catnip for the teaching unions who have an allergy to accountability and parental choice, c

talking about water in the desert in a predictable socialist statement, the education secretary, bridget phillipsonver the dynamic pricing of oasis tickets. phillipson has indicated that the government may investigate the government may investigate the inflation of prices at peak demand, which has seen fans pay more than double the price they expected for standard tickets. the prime minister was asked about it at pmqs earlier today . about it at pmqs earlier today. >> last week, ticket selling websites like ticketmaster left millions of oasis fans furious. this profiteering at fans expense is not a one off. the co—operative party's campaigning for a new licensing body with real teeth to tackle this online touting. it is depressing to hear of price hikes. >> i am committed to putting fans at the heart of music and end extortionate price resales, and we are starting a consultation to work out how best we can do this . best we can do this. >> but why is the price of a ticket to . a pop concert any ticket to. a pop concert any business of the government? surely it's a purely commercial transaction? wel

we'll also be hearing from the education secretary, bridget phillipson, and one final point, the winter are very firm. they're not backing down, but the unions are holding a vote this morning. it's non—binding . they are likely to non—binding. they are likely to condemn it. they want a government u—turn. lots of unhappiness here. i was talking to pensioners the other day who'd come out to protest in the pounng who'd come out to protest in the pouring rain, but it very much looks like the government is not for turning on this. >> catherine. thank you. appreciate it. other news that you're waking up to this morning and some breaking coming in. >> yeah, this is in relation to the recent flooding. and we're heanng the recent flooding. and we're hearing that a 235 acre site in northamptonshire is being evacuated. this is the billing aquadrome leisure park, where residents are being urged to leave their homes amid what's being described as a multi—agency response to this bad weather. they say that the search and rescue teams are working with the fire service and ready to respond. if needed, d

why is he throwing a birthday party for bridget phillipson? what is going on here? is he getting offended? bridget in the domestic affairs of someone's clothing, someone's glasses, their domestic affairs. >> what i was trying to say wife's someone's wife's personal shopper. shoppen >> say what you like about norma major or cherie blair. sarah brown, all of the previous pm's wives. but if you look in the papers today, you will see they dress themselves. they bought nice designer clothes or they rented clothes like sherry. >> sherry certainly had a she had i mean she had a personal stylist. i mean look the question why i to answer your question why i to answer your question by herself, answer your question by herself, answer your question directly. emma the reason that why he wanted, wanted to spend clothes is he would spend the money on clothes is he is a former tv executive. he knows, for example, one of the reasons the glasses is because he wanted the thinnest possible lenses, because i can't believe. sadly, we live in a tv age, so pay for it yourself. >> keir star

meanwhile, education secretary bridget phillipson says that she took taylor swift tickets as her daughtera fan . wow. they daughter was a fan. wow. they are literally now blaming their own children and these are the good people folks do keep up. it's also hard for starmer to argue that it's country first, party second, as he did in his speech with a raft of policies. clearly aimed at pleasing the gathered comrades rather than the wider public, taxing private schools for example, is an egregious assault on aspiration. it freezes lower income families out of the private sector and it's cultural vandalism. but of course, the party base love it. the extraordinarily stupid and self—destructive non—doms tax beloved of labour grassroots may now lose the country money, but hey, politics expensively bringing the railways back into pubuc bringing the railways back into public hands whilst public services are at breaking point, feels like an ideological indulgence. scrapping the one word ofsted assessments is catnip for the teaching unions who have an allergy to accountability and parental choice, c

and leo bridget phillipson has hired a panel of experts who've got some bright ideas about social cohesionsion. >> they've got some terrible ideas about social cohesion. so a labour adviser claims that the failure to study anti—racism in schools fuelled the summer riots. so this is funmilola stewart, a diversity and inclusion specialist. how can you specialise in something so nonsensical? that's like being a specialist in like, i don't know , specialist in like, i don't know, jelly, she said last month. actually, jelly, you could specialise in. she said last month that beliefs in the anti—racist, racist, anti—racism in schools was inappropriate had contributed to the widespread unrest. so apparently people weren't angry that children had been stabbed to death . they were been stabbed to death. they were just they hadn't had enough indoctrination in schools. and that's what, you know, if we just indoctrinated people more to believe that diversity is strength , then when diversity strength, then when diversity isn't a strength and diversity kills children, we'll be fine with it. that seems t

i mean, i know she's up against keir starmer, rachel reeves and bridget phillipson, but she's kind of end up being the people's princess. >> she looks like she'd be fun at a party if we're still allowed to have parties in keir starmer, britain, ibiza, djing and dancing. >> yeah, yeah and yeah, you wouldn't want her in charge of anything. >> no, no, she definitely shouldn't be prime minister. >> she needs to cut her hair into that weird bob and then she'll be respected by starmer. >> i think. i like how she says she doesn't care about her mansion. she says i care about looking at the british public who have entrusted me from my background to get where i am. i love how left wing politicians always think that the fact that they're working class is some sort of achievement. it's like we can all have poor parents. that's not that's not amazing. like, oh, you worked so hard to be poor. >> yes, you're right, it doesn't qualify you to be deputy prime minister or prime minister in the next week , let's do the the next week, let's do the sunday express and something we almost never hear about b

but this is keir starmer and the education secretary, bridget phillipson.that we're losing a lot of mothers who can't work. and you know how labour is. they're just all concerned about people who don't really work. and so they're going to allow teachers to work from home. the truth is, is that is that working from home? labour thinks working from home? labour thinks working from home is more efficient than they think they've got. can i, can i make can i finish my joke? >> can you make your show? >> can you make your show? >> did you say joke or show? oh your joke. >> did you say joke or show? oh yourjoke. go on. yeah. finish the joke. labour thinks working from home is more efficient. >> yeah, more efficient than not working from home, right? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> which means it's not as efficient. sorry, i didn't mean to. no. >> it's good. there should always be a long pause in between the setup and the punchline. that's the first rule of comedy. so. yeah, i mean, it is absurd, isn't it? the idea that work from home is better, obviously not better . it's ob

we're going to be hearing from education secretary bridget phillipson.e labour conference, again, a very important speech . education is important speech. education is at fundamentally the foundation of creating the next generation of creating the next generation of brits. don't go anywhere. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. the people's channel. here's the latest weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> hi there and welcome to the latest update for gb news from the met office. it's a bright start for many of us, but it is going to turn wet from the south and southwest with heavy showers in many places away from the more persistent spells of rain that are already starting to move into parts of wales and the southwest through the morning, the shield of cloud additionally affecting the south and across central parts. brighter skies for northern ireland, scotland and northern england. a scattering of showers here and feeling cold in the north of scotland. 10 or 11 celsius with a northerly wind milder in the south

welcome back to headliners opening this section with the sunday express and education secretary bridget phillipsonans. is she going to make sure every child can read louis, >> i don't think that that's included in this, she actually is this woman. new school curriculum will teach every child to be a rock star. a rock n roll star. and this is a nice way of putting it. they they want to improve. they want to make. they want broader, broader curriculum of all the stuff that the tories supposedly cut, like music, art, sports and drama. stuff that may make britain money because britain has a real musical society. and so maybe it'll help. but yeah, if i was advising a 16 year old, i would definitely say get a guitar gold and you want the government to give them money, but the truth is where was where was where was the government when the beatles were kids? they weren't they weren't trained by the government. where was oasis? where were the kinks? you know what i mean? it's only been in recent. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's, tensions between men and women that make great music, isn't it? not governments . ye